Hughes 269A N986GC
7 October 1986 · Forest Grove, Oregon, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 October 1986 at about 21:10 local time, a Hughes 269A registered N986GC was involved in an accident near Forest Grove, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 21:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Forest Grove, Oregon, United States
- Coordinates
- 45.5492, -123.1506
- Aircraft
- Hughes 269A
- Registration
- N986GC
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Other Work Use
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Hillsboro → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA87LA005
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PLT WAS OVERFLYING FILBERT ORCHARD TO SHAKE NUTS OFF TREES WITH ROTOWASH. PLT ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO DECAY IN A DOWN WIND TURN 10 FEET AGL. ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES, THEN GROUND, AND ROLLED OVER.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Hughes 269 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sep 1986 | Hughes 269B | Baldwin, Wisconsin, United States | Dagnon Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 1986 | Hughes 269C | Carlsbad, California, United States | Flight Trails, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jan 1986 | Hughes 269A | Brewton, Alabama, United States | Custom Air Service, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Feb 1986 | Hughes 269C | Vero Beach, Florida, United States | Flight Safety International | No injuries | - |
| 4 Feb 1986 | Hughes 269B | Council, North Carolina, United States | Raymond Godwin, JR. | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Dec 1986 | Hughes 269B | Cross Plaines, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
All 1,213 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar 1986 | Piper PA-22-150 | Warm Springs, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1986 | Beechcraft 76 | Troutdale, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1986 | Bellanca 7GCBC | Harlen, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Apr 1986 | Bell 47G3B1 | Albany, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Apr 1986 | Grumman G164-A | Echo, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Apr 1986 | Robinson R22-A | Portland, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |